Various platforms for bacteria detection and identification using SERS have been proposed:

  

 

1. Ag/Au hybrid surfaces (Sivanesan A., Witkowska E., Adamkiewicz W., Dziewit L., Kaminska A. and Waluk J.; Analyst 139 (2014)1037-1043)

 

 

 SERS spectra of different G(-) bacteria

   

 

 

2. Au coated polymer mats (Szymborski T., Witkowska E., Adamkiewicz W., Waluk J. and Kaminska A.; Analyst, (2015), 139: 5061-5064)

  

 

  

 SEM images of the polymer mats covered with 90 nm of gold: (a) PVDF, (b) PLLA-a, (c) PLLA-b, and (d) nylon.

 

       

        

 

 

 

 

 SEM images of Staphylococcus aureus on PLLA-a polymer mats covered with 90 nm of gold

   

 

  

 

SERS signals detected from blood plasma on a nylon mat covered with 90nm Au